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Ballycastle Museum
Museum · Ballycastle · Causeway Coast and Glens

Ballycastle Museum

Ballycastle Museum is a courthouse in Ballycastle, County Antrim. It is protected as a Grade B+ listed building. Close by, Kinbane Castle is 4.1 km away, one of 5 within 15 km.

Photo: Ballycastle Museum, Kenneth Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Ballycastle
inside the settlement
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 18–18°C
In brief

Museum in Ballycastle

Inside Ballycastle

Ballycastle Museum is inside Ballycastle’s settlement, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade B+ listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Ballycastle has 63 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

Expect 18°C highs in Ballycastle in July and August.

Jan8° / 3°120 mm
Feb8° / 2°92 mm
Mar9° / 3°87 mm
Apr12° / 4°76 mm
May14° / 6°73 mm
Jun17° / 9°84 mm
Jul18° / 11°90 mm
Aug18° / 11°106 mm
Sep16° / 9°92 mm
Oct13° / 7°133 mm
Nov10° / 4°153 mm
Dec8° / 3°140 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ballycastle, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Ballycastle. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ballycastle’s full climate →
About

Ballycastle Museum

Courthouse in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

In Ballycastle, inside the town’s settlement.

Ballycastle’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Museum
Listed
Grade B+ listed building
Town
in Ballycastle
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Ballycastle Museum at a glance

Orange shows Ballycastle Museum; numbers mark the places near it.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Ballycastle’s settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Ballycastle

5,628 people · 4 places to visit

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Within 15 km you can add 3 castles, an abbey or priory and a garden.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Ballycastle Museum: questions

Where is Ballycastle Museum?

Ballycastle Museum is in Ballycastle, Causeway Coast and Glens, inside the town’s settlement.

What is Ballycastle Museum?

Courthouse in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

When is the best time to visit Ballycastle Museum?

July and August are the warmest months in Ballycastle, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ballycastle Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade B+ listed building.

What else is there to see near Ballycastle Museum?

Within 15 km: Kinbane Castle (4.1 km), Bonamargy Abbey (1.3 km), Dunaneeny Castle (1.3 km) and Dark Hedges (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.